Cricket: NZ vs Aus
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Commentators speculating on declaration tonight - but, I can't see it. If they had any intention of us batting today, surely they'd have just enforced the follow-on.
I reckon they'll bat on for an hour tomorrow to completely bat us out of the game. Lead by 550 - bat Burns into some form - wear our bowlers down - and still leave themselves still five and a half sessions to bowl us out.
Given a short turnaround - I wonder whether we'll leave Timmy out of the third test. He looks the most knackered of our bowlers.
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@kev said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 Sommerville is good with the bat.
Santner's FC average is 30, Someville averages 18. Somerville is 35 and has never hit a FC 50 (although he does have one good innings for NZ). Not in the same class as Santner and not really good enough to bat 8.
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@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 if Santner can't tie up an end with the ball, he's a specialist batsman at 8. Why are we picking him at 8 instead of finding a middle order batsman who can roll the arm over?
I don't think there really is such a player domestically. Our spin bowling batting all-rounders is probably limited to George Worker unless I am forgetting someone obvious. Santner does have a career economy rate of 2.75 in tests so it's not like he is regularly getting pasted.
Doesn't have to be a spinner - if Santner's not taking wickets, it can be anything.
Jimmy Neesham?
@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 if Santner can't tie up an end with the ball, he's a specialist batsman at 8. Why are we picking him at 8 instead of finding a middle order batsman who can roll the arm over?
I don't think there really is such a player domestically. Our spin bowling batting all-rounders is probably limited to George Worker unless I am forgetting someone obvious. Santner does have a career economy rate of 2.75 in tests so it's not like he is regularly getting pasted.
Doesn't have to be a spinner - if Santner's not taking wickets, it can be anything.
Jimmy Neesham?
But his economy rate is 3.47 domestically. He isn't a 5th seamer in that he is a guy to toss the ball to just to bowl overs. Neesham is better with the newer ball. Anderson would be a better 5th seamer.
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@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Still lots of gaps in the Aussie team though. Wade, Head and then Paine is a weak 5, 6, 7 (especially in foreign conditions).
That's what I thought. But I'd take their production from our 5 6 7.
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Still lots of gaps in the Aussie team though. Wade, Head and then Paine is a weak 5, 6, 7 (especially in foreign conditions).
That's what I thought. But I'd take their production from our 5 6 7.
You would take their production in this game against our attack. You wouldn't have taken their record over the last 2 years. I wonder how those three would have gone against their attack?
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@kev said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 Sommerville is good with the bat.
Santner's FC average is 30, Someville averages 18. Somerville is 35 and has never hit a FC 50 (although he does have one good innings for NZ). Not in the same class as Santner and not really good enough to bat 8.
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@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 if Santner can't tie up an end with the ball, he's a specialist batsman at 8. Why are we picking him at 8 instead of finding a middle order batsman who can roll the arm over?
I don't think there really is such a player domestically. Our spin bowling batting all-rounders is probably limited to George Worker unless I am forgetting someone obvious. Santner does have a career economy rate of 2.75 in tests so it's not like he is regularly getting pasted.
Doesn't have to be a spinner - if Santner's not taking wickets, it can be anything.
Jimmy Neesham?
But his economy rate is 3.47 domestically. He isn't a 5th seamer in that he is a guy to toss the ball to just to bowl overs. Neesham is better with the newer ball. Anderson would be a better 5th seamer.
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Wagner has certainly fronted on this tour.
Steve Smith = Wagner's Bunny
That's remarkable by itself. What a bowler
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Wagner has certainly fronted on this tour.
Steve Smith = Wagner's Bunny
That's remarkable by itself. What a bowler
@nzzp said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Wagner has certainly fronted on this tour.
Steve Smith = Wagner's Bunny
That's remarkable by itself. What a bowler
He's earned rave reviews. The only bright spot
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Broken hand for Boult.
Heading home after the test. Still bowling this arvo though.
Hopefully they take the opportunity to fly over Sommerville.
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Broken hand for Boult.
Heading home after the test. Still bowling this arvo though.
Hopefully they take the opportunity to fly over Sommerville.
@Biorealism said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Broken hand for Boult.
Heading home after the test. Still bowling this arvo though.
Hopefully they take the opportunity to fly over Sommerville.
He's a spinner. 38 is not that old to trundle in. Fuck the future, he'll be good for a couple of years easy
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Neil Wagner should be one of the first names on the BCs team sheet in as many forms of the game as he wishes. That is all
@canefan said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Neil Wagner should be one of the first names on the BCs team sheet in as many forms of the game as he wishes. That is all
He reached 200 test wickets today, and is apparently the only bowler with 200+ test wickets to have debuted since the first ODI, not to have taken at least one ODI wicket.
